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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 28 of 2006
ROAD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2025
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the
Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006
. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under
the
Law Reform Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation
of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the
Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Act 2025
(11/2025), enacted 28 October 2025, and all
statutory instruments up to and including the
Road Transport (Operator’s Licence Application) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
(S.I. No. 529 of 2025), made 5 November 2025, were considered in the preparation
of this Revised Act.
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Number
28
of
2006
ROAD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2025
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Obligation to provide specimen
following arrest, etc.
(Repealed)
2. Road haulage and road passenger
transport operators’ licences.
3. Short title.
Acts Referred to
European Communities Act 1972
1972, No. 27
Nurses Act 1985
1985, No. 18
Road Traffic Act 1994
1994, No. 7
Road Traffic Act 1994
2006, No. 23
Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2006
Road Transport Act 1933
1933, No. 8
Road Transport Act 1986
1986, No. 16
Road Transport Act 1999
1999, No. 15
Number
28
of
2006
ROAD TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND PART
III OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1994 AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT
TO
GRANT LICENCES TO ROAD HAULAGE AND ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT OPERATORS AND TO PROVIDE
FOR
CONNECTED MATTERS.
[4
th October
, 2006]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS
AS FOLLOWS
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
Application of Act extended (4.12.2011) by
European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 697 of 2011), reg. 4.
4. An operator’s licence under the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 constitutes an authorisation
for engaging in the occupation of road haulage operator or road passenger transport
operator, as the case may be, for the purposes of the EU Regulation.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text)
C1
Application of Act extended (4.12.2011) by
European Union (Occupation of Road Transport Operator) Regulations 2011
(S.I. No. 697 of 2011), reg. 4.
4. An operator’s licence under the Road Traffic and Transport Act 2006 constitutes an authorisation
for engaging in the occupation of road haulage operator or road passenger transport
operator, as the case may be, for the purposes of the EU Regulation.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Obligation to provide specimen
following arrest, etc.
(Repealed)
2. Road haulage and road passenger
transport operators’ licences.
3. Short title.
Number
28
of
2006